Moves and Countermoves in Texas
Glenn Branch
Texas is one of the largest "textbook adoption"
states, and its curriculum choices can have
profound effects on what is available in texts
throughout the nation. The Texas science
education standards are being revised — but
not without controversy!
Updates
News from California, Florida, Michigan, Ohio,
Malta, and elsewhere.
NCSE NEWS
News from the Membership
What our members are doing to support
evolution and oppose pseudoscience wherever
the need arises.
MEMBERS' PAGES
Selected Works of Charles Robert Darwin
This much abbreviated list illustrates Darwin's
scientific contributions to a wide variety of
important questions of his time.
Books: Happy Birthday!
These books celebrate Darwin's work and its lasting
impact on modern science. Every purchase
supports NCSE.
NCSE On the Road
Check the calendar here for NCSE speakers.
ARTICLES
Charles Darwin: Botanist
Sara B Hoot
Not only was Darwin's career about more than
evolution, his work with plants revealed him to be
both a first-rate botanist and a first-rate scientist.
SPECIAL FEATURE
People & Places: Siccar Point
Randy Moore
Just as Darwin was about more than evolution,
there is much more to evolution than Darwin.
This is the first in a series of short notes that will
examine the history of evolutionary science by
visiting significant places and meeting littleknown
people who contributed to our current
understanding.
FEATURES
Evolution Learning Community
Encourages Dialog on Evolution at UNC Wilmington
Dana Fischetti
Learning communities provide a variety of
opportunities for students and faculty to exchange
ideas. The Evolution Learning Community at the
University of North Carolina, Wilmington, engages
the fundamental idea underlying all biology.
Briscoe Geology Park
Len Eisenberg
Can a group of community volunteers turn an old
school yard into an interactive exhibit of the
history of life? You bet!
BOOK REVIEWS
More than Darwin: An Encyclopedia of the People and Places of the Evolution–Creationism Controversy
by Randy Moore and Mark D Decker
Reviewed by Glenn Branch
Darwinian Detectives: Revealing the Natural History of Genes and Genomes
by Norman A Johnson
Reviewed by Rebecca L Cann
Negotiating Darwin: The Vatican Confronts Evolution, 1877–1902
by Mariano Artigas, Thomas F Glick, and
Rafael A Martínez
Reviewed by Peter MJ Hess
Darwin and the Bible: The Cultural Confrontation
edited by Richard H Robbins and Mark N Cohen
Reviewed by Andrew J Petto
